CMU Students Honored for Outstanding Work

Business, Accounting and Economics Division hands out awards

The Central Methodist University Division of Business, Accounting and Economics honored
16 students in a special banquet and awards ceremony on April 22 on the Fayette campus.

These students have demonstrated outstanding work in the fields of accounting, finance,
business management, international business, marketing and advertising, entrepreneurship,
and leadership, according to Julie Bennett, chair of the Division of Business, Accounting
and Economics and associate professor of business.

Recognized this spring were Carlos Ribera (senior business major from Fayette) with
the Estill Entrepreneurship Award; Jordan Jackson (senior accounting major from Louisville,
Ky.) with the Accounting Excellence Award; Alex Hunter (senior business major from
Kansas City) with the Banking and Finance Excellence Award;

James Craighead (senior accounting major from Fayette) with the Noble Emmett Baskett
Scholarship in Business Award; Anthony Dow (senior business major from Washburn) with
the Gentry Estill Award for Total Business Excellence; Adriana Romero (senior, communications
studies major from Redwood City, Calif.) with the Susan Estill Award for Total Business
Excellence; Matthew Lovercamp (senior business major from Alma) with the Management
and General Business Excellence Award;

Erwin Sanchez (senior business major from Fayette) with the International Business
Excellence Award; Joe Jefferies (senior business major from Fayette) with the Marketing
and Advertising Excellence Award; Melanie Wilmsmeyer (senior accounting major from
Franklin) with the Outstanding Senior in Accounting, Business and Economic Award;

Dana Peters (senior accounting major from Waverly) with the Lisa Powell Goessling
Merit Scholarship; Madison Lester (sophomore business major from Boonville) with the
Shallenburger Accounting Principles Excellence Award; Sophie Wilensky (senior communications
studies major from Plano, Texas) with the Outstanding ENACTUS Senior Award and the
ENACTUS Leadership Award;

Jordan Meyer (senior accounting major from Albuquerque, N.M.) with the ENACTUS Leadership
Award; Julie Ramiso (senior business major from Fayette) with the ENACTUS Leadership
Award; and Shelbi Becker (junior accounting major from Freeburg) with the Departmental
Fellow Award for 2014-15.